2 Chronicles 9:16

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He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

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  • 1 Kgs 7:2 : 2 He named it“The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; it was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:16-18
    3 verses
    95%

    16King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of gold were used for each shield.

    17He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

    18The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

  • 2 Chr 9:13-15
    3 verses
    87%

    13Solomon’s Wealth Solomon received 666 talents of gold per year,

    14besides what he collected from the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

    15King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of hammered gold were used for each shield.

  • 2 Chr 9:17
    78%

    17The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

  • 2 Chr 12:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the LORD’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.

    10King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

  • 2 Chr 9:20
    75%

    20All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.

  • Song 3:9
    74%

    9King Solomon made a sedan chair for himself of wood imported from Lebanon.

  • 1 Kgs 14:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26He took away the treasures of the LORD’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including all the golden shields that Solomon had made.

    27King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.

    22Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

  • 2 Chr 3:5-10
    6 verses
    73%

    5He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.

    6He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim.

    7He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.

    8He made the most holy place; its length was 30 feet, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. He plated it with 600 talents of fine gold.

    9The gold nails weighed 50 shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold.

    10In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold.

  • 1 Kgs 9:14
    72%

    14Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents of gold.

  • 1 Chr 18:7
    72%

    7David took the golden shields which Hadadezer’s servants had carried and brought them to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 6:21
    72%

    21Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold.

  • 2 Chr 1:15
    71%

    15The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.

  • 2 Chr 9:9
    71%

    9She gave the king 120 talents of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.

  • 2 Sam 8:7
    71%

    7David took the golden shields that belonged to Hadadezer’s servants and brought them to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 9:27
    71%

    27The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.

  • 1 Kgs 7:47-48
    2 verses
    70%

    47Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze.

    48Solomon also made all these items for the LORD’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence,

  • 1 Chr 29:4
    70%

    4This includes 3,000 talents of gold from Ophir and 7,000 talents of refined silver for overlaying the walls of the buildings,

  • Exod 38:24
    70%

    24All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary(namely, the gold of the wave offering) was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:28
    70%

    28They sailed to Ophir, took from there 420 talents of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 23:9
    70%

    9Jehoiada the priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and shields that were kept in God’s temple.

  • 2 Chr 32:27
    69%

    27Hezekiah was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made storehouses for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all his other valuable possessions.

  • 1 Kgs 10:14
    69%

    14Solomon’s Wealth Solomon received 666 talents of gold per year,

  • Exod 37:16
    69%

    16He made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold, its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings.

  • Exod 37:11
    69%

    11He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it.

  • 2 Kgs 25:16
    69%

    16The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple– including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called“The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“The Sea,” and the movable stands– was too heavy to be weighed.

  • Ezra 8:26
    69%

    26I weighed out to them 650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,

  • 1 Kgs 10:27
    69%

    27The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.

  • Ezra 1:9
    69%

    9The inventory of these items was as follows: 30 gold basins, 1,000 silver basins, 29 silver utensils,

  • 1 Chr 22:14
    69%

    14Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the LORD’s temple. I have stored up 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!

  • 1 Chr 29:2
    69%

    2So I have made every effort to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.

  • 1 Kgs 6:35
    69%

    35He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.

  • 2 Chr 4:18
    68%

    18Solomon made so many of these items they did not weigh the bronze.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10
    68%

    10She gave the king 120 talents of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.

  • Song 3:7
    68%

    7Look! It is Solomon’s portable couch! It is surrounded by sixty warriors, some of Israel’s mightiest warriors.

  • Num 31:52
    68%

    52All the gold of the offering they offered up to the LORD from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,750 shekels.

  • 2 Chr 4:8
    68%

    8He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.